In the world of soccer, there aren't many professional teams
as big on the world stage than Bayern Munich. That's why Major League Soccer
and the Portland Timbers are so excited to be playing host to the German Bundesliga team at the MLS All-Star
game this summer.

And in the world of Bayern Munich, no event Tuesday was
bigger than the second day of the trial of the club's president, Uli Hoeness. This trial and Hoeness' fate is even bigger than Tuesday's Champions League match between Bayern and
Arsenal.

The trial is expected to conclude Thursday with sentencing. Hoeness
has remained Bayern's president since he was charged last year and the club's
board of directors, which includes Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer, has
stuck with Hoeness, who offered to resign last year.

Hoeness, a one-time Bayern soccer star and a member of the
German national team that won the World Cup in 1974, has said he would announce
his future with Bayern at the conclusion of the trial.

Track controversy: Oregonian sportswriter Ken Goe has covered a controversial
finish in the women's 3,000 meters at February's USA Indoor Track & Field
Championships in Albuquerque from the beginning. A few days ago, Deadspin
weighed in with an article written by the wife of one of the coach's directly
involved in the temporary disqualification of Gabe Grunewald. Several of the
reader comments attack Deadspin and writer Sarah Barker for publishing a
one-sided account of the incident, but it's still an interesting read. Barker
suggests strongly that Nike's monetary support for USA Track and Field
influences on-field decisions. The Wall Street Journal's Sara Germano,
meanwhile, weighed in with a story that contends the a central character to the
USA Indoor Track & Field Championships controversy, Nike Oregon Project coach
Alberto Salazar, is engaged in a feud with another Nike coach, Jerry Schumacher.

Re-ups:The Daily Mail and other publications reported Monday that
Manchester United is poised to re-sign with Nike as its uniform sponsor in a
five-year deal for nearly $500 million from Nike. That's almost double the
current most lucrative deal of about $51 million a year paid by Adidas to Real
Madrid.

The glitz:Actress Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame is poised
to sign a sponsorship deal with Nike, the International Business Times reports.

The glamour: By signing with Nike, soon-to-be pro quarterback Johnny
Manziel dealt a blow to Under Armour, the street.com reports.